tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50675543325666839512024-03-14T15:07:24.151-04:00Pirates Treasure RoomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09795879355880087015noreply@blogger.comBlogger1331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-16685585112348351232018-05-24T19:30:00.000-04:002018-05-24T19:30:06.873-04:00Team USA Autographs pt1To celebrate Memorial Day Weekend I thought I would show off a few players that I have modest Team USA collections of.<br />
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Up first is none other than my main PC, Andrew McCutchen<br />
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I only have 2 cards signed by Cutch of his Team USA youth teams. I will be showcasing some Team USA cards on my main blog Collecting Cutch this weekend.<br />
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Here is an awesome hat patch though<br />
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Other players I will be showcasing are Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon, Austin Meadows, Ke'bryan Hayes, and Cole Tucker.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-16292468353597510812018-05-07T18:05:00.000-04:002018-05-07T18:05:17.059-04:00My First Auto From The ColeTrain tradeGerrit Cole has been absolutely ridiculous this year for the Houston Astros. He along with former Pirates teammate Charlie Morton are creating one of the best rotations in baseball with Verlander, Keuchel, and McCullers. When the rumors were circulating that Cole might be on the block I wanted to see the Pirates get a good haul back for the 2011 number one overall pick. After all, the Bucs had to lose 100 games in 2010 to get the right to draft the former UCLA star.<br />
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So far the pieces acquired from the Astros have been performing well, albeit none at an elite level like Cole is.<br />
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Colin Moran is batting .278 with two homeruns and 15 RBI with an OPS nearing .800.<br />
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Michael Feliz, who took over Cole's number 45, has struck out 19 batters in 14 innings while posting an ERA of 3.21 in 16 appearances out of the bullpen.<br />
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Jason Martin, a twenty two year old outfielder, has been hitting the hell out of the ball in AA Altoona. He currently has an OPS of .899 with 2 HR and 4 triples in 22 games. He could be an interesting prospect to keep your eyes on as he continues to develop.<br />
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Joe Musgrove, who was used as a starter and long man in the Astros bullpen last year, will begin his rehab starts today. I am really looking forward to seeing what he can do as I think he will be a valuable piece to the Pirates retooling of the roster over next few seasons.<br />
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Even though he has yet to make his Pirates debut, Panini put him in their Diamond Kings release as a member of the Pittsburgh baseball club. This blue foil autograph ran me $5.20 for my winning bid. Not a bad price to pay for a card numbered to only 25 copies.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-55391608589896253132018-04-22T20:24:00.000-04:002018-04-22T20:24:02.250-04:00Blog Bat Around: Pirates Autograph EditionThere was recently a blog bat around started to show off autograph cards you have in your collection at each of the primary positions, a DH/utility player, starting pitchers, relief pitchers, and a closer.<br />
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For this edition I am only going to show off my cards of players who have played for Pittsburgh. Therefore I won't be showing off too many recent Hall of Famers like Glavine, Ripken, Griffey, Piazza, and Biggio who I have autographs of.<br />
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Batting leadoff for my team and playing in Left Field<br />
Hall of Famer Fred Clarke<br />
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Clarke was the player manager for the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates. He finished his 20+ year career with a .312 batting average and averaged less than 30 strikeouts a season (Stanton already has more in this very young season). With 509 career stolen bases he could also tear up the base paths.<br />
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Batting in the two hole and playing Center Field<br />
5 time All Star and 2013 NL MVP, Andrew McCutchen<br />
Plenty of him has been written about on <a href="https://collectingcutch.blogspot.com/?m=1" target="_blank">Collecting Cutch</a><br />
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Well, Dave Parker said it's just him and the boys boppin and that is who is getting things started to drive in runs in the 3 spot and right fielder.<br />
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The single most dominating stretch of home run dominamce was held by Ralph Kiner in the late 40s. He will be the team's designated hitter and batting cleanup.<br />
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As if Kiner needed additional protection, we have the team's 1B and leader of the clubhouse fam a lee,<br />
Hall of Famer, Willie Stargell<br />
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Because I lack a Pie Traynor autograph, I had to go with a 3B that is going to provide Pops with some protection as this mult time All Star is a switch hitter.<br />
Batting 6th, 3B Bobby Bonilla (honorable mentions Pedro Alvarez and Jose Bautista)<br />
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To get the line moving again and playing catcher is one of the greatest hitting catchers to ever play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Jason Kendall<br />
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One of the most under rated shortstops of the 90s and a natural at both bunting and hitting for some pop, Jay Bell.<br />
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And to wrap the lineup back around, the hero of the 1960 World Series, Hall of Famer, Bill Mazeroski.<br />
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With a lineup like that, there won't be much need for lights out pitching, but I got a pair of recent arms to go with a pair of former NL Cy Young winners and Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven.<br />
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The bullpen won't need much else with rubberband arms Elroy Face and Kent Tekulve willing to take the mound every day, but two other former closers Joel Hanrahan and Goose Gossage will be there to nail things down. The longman in the bullpen will be former 1979 champ John Candaleria.<br />
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My bench would have Barry Bonds, Jack Wilson, Tony Pena, Freddy Sanchez, and Brian Giles.<br />
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The list of autographs I would love to add to my collection include<br />
Roberto Clemente<br />
Honus Wagner<br />
Pie Traynor<br />
Paul Waner<br />
Arky Vaughan<br />
Vic WillisCollecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-16027791786723965402017-11-02T00:49:00.000-04:002017-11-02T15:04:56.727-04:00Ground Chuck Did It!!!I made a bold prediction that Charlie would get the chance to hold up a World Series Trophy by pitching 10 scoreless innings. <br />
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While it wasn't 10 scoreless, he did pitch his ass of in Game 7 of the ALCS to get the Astros to the World Series then pitched 2 hit ball in game 4, followed by 4 innings in relief of Game 7 to give the Houston Astros their first World Series title.<br />
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I am still a Charlie Morton super collector. <br />
Here's my 5 recent Morton additions. <br />
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I have the pink, blue, negative, vintage stock, and black parallels.<br />
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The Flemington, NJ born pitcher is a World Series Champion!!!!<br />
Congrats to Ground Chuck, The Houston Astros, their fans, and the entire city of Houston!!!!<br />
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Be sure to check out my post on Collecting Cutch later today where I show off all my Cutch cards featuring Houston Astros.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-38803186817734955282017-10-21T19:02:00.001-04:002017-10-21T19:02:09.134-04:00It Matters The MostI don't post much on this blog anymore as my main collecting transactions have all been geared towards Collecting Cutch.<br />
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I recently made a COMC purchase that included almost 100 new cards to the PC.<br />
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Included in that purchase was a few cards that I will be sending out to some of that blog's most consistent commenters.<br />
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It also included about 30 Roberto Clemente cards I got for the cheap and close to 50 new Cutch cards.<br />
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There were also 3 Charlie Morton cards purchased too including a 1/1 Bowman Rookie printing plate.<br />
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However this post will just show off this Topps Heritage Ad panel from last year featuring Ground Chuck. I snagged it for only a pair of dollar bills. <br />
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The card also features Dodgers post season star Charlie <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/culbech01.shtml">Culberson</a>.<br />
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Ground Chuck will be making the most important start of his career tonight. If he gets aWin, the Houston Astros are going to the World Series for the first time since 2005. <br />
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No pressure Charlie. No pressure.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-51028484236087030022017-08-16T15:29:00.000-04:002017-08-16T15:29:04.079-04:00Ho hum another 1/1My blogging energy today for posting new Cutch cards at <a href="http://collectingcutch.blogspot.com/?m=1">Collecting Cutch</a> is tapped out. I can't think of anything worth posting except a few Topps Chrome cards I picked up in a group break. <br />
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It's been awhile since I have shown off any non Cutch cards in my collection so I thought I would show my other main PC, the Charlie Morton collection. <br />
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While he is no longer with the Pirates, I am still grabbing Morton cards whenever I come across them. <br />
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Here's two I have got in the past 6 months. <br />
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Let's start with the big one.<br />
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The Superfractor!!!! This is my second Superfractor of the NJ born pitcher, but my first in a Pirates uniform.<br />
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This card hails from the 2016 Topps Chrome Sapphire Blue set. There weren't many parallels to chase for this set, but I'm happy I was able to snag this new 1/1 for the collection. <br />
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I also grabbed this miscut double foil card of Ground Chuck.<br />
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Notice the foil in the top left corner with the Topps logo upside down<br />
<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-28217114779884326832017-06-21T21:26:00.001-04:002017-06-21T21:27:52.576-04:00This is why I only collect one player nowThe title and thumbnail should give it away, but Topps consistently uses the wrong images of players. Last year we got a Gregory Polanco Gypsy Queen base card pictured with Aramis Ramirez. Ok, maybe with all the"quality control" a mistake can happen but here's the thing one bats lefty, the other righty. <br />
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Fast forward to 2017 and Topps is still using images of Aramis Ramirez for Gregory Polanco cards. Ramirez retired in 2015!!!!!<br />
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I guess if it was a low budget set it wouldn't bother me, but this is Topps Museum. The card is numbered to only 10 copies in the world. I took the image off eBay while browsing to see what Pirates have been pulled from recent releases (Series 2 and Museum).<br />
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Absolutely pathetic!!!<br />
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Cmon Topps. Get your shit together!!!!<br />
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Be sure to follow my new blog <a href="http://collectingcutch.blogspot.com/">CollectingCutch</a>.<br />
<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-62597858512465244742016-12-04T15:39:00.000-05:002016-12-04T15:39:12.822-05:00Art of shameless promotionsI mentioned a few days ago that I was doing away with this blog as I am only going to be collecting Andrew McCutchen cards (and misc items) and filling in my vintage needs going forward.<br />
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If you havent already added my new blog <a href="http://collectingcutch.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-art-of-anticipation.html">Collecting Cutch</a> please do so now and read about my journey to collect all of Cutch's parallels, autographs, relics, magazines, etc going forward.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-59586585302559908852016-12-02T17:03:00.002-05:002016-12-02T17:09:45.430-05:00Time to move on?It's been a long time since I made a post.<br />
There are many reasons for that, mostly my collecting habits have grown stale. I am no longer looking to add as many Pirates parallels, autographs, and possibly worn relics I can find.<br />
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It used to be fun for me to prospect the Pirates, find loads of Evan Meek cards and Ian Snell autographs. It's not fun anymore. Austin Meadows and Kevin Kramer low numbered autographs are selling for more than a Robrrto Clemente rookie. That's stupid!<br />
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Collect what you want to collect, right?<br />
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For a longtime I considered myself a Supercollector of Charlie Morton. While my Morton collection is still very strong, I lost a lot of interest once hewas traded to the Phillies.<br />
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In the absence of grabbing EVERY Charlie Morton card, my collection has almost exclusively shifted to adding new Andrew McCutchen cards. Cutch is the single most defining player I have ever collected.<br />
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To put into perspective how intense my Cutch PC has gotten over the past several seasons, I now have more unique cards of Cutch (1,380) than he has MLB hits (1,304). If he wasn't a 5 time All-Star, 4 time Top5 MVP candidate, 4 time Silver Slugger Winner, 2013 MVP, 2012 Golden Glove Winner, 2015 Roberto Clemente Award Winner, etcetc etc I would say it's no big deal.<br />
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But here's The Truth!<br />
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Cutch is a big deal.<br />
He will return to being an elite player next season....in a Pirates uniform or not.<br />
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I stated above that I am changing my collecting habits and because of that I am doing away with this blog.<br />
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Please follow me at my new blog <a href="http://collectingcutch.blogspot.com/">Collecting Cutch</a>. That is where all my future posts will be made as I am strictly looking to only Collect Cutch going forward and maybe one day fill in the holes of my vintage needs.<br />
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Below is my most recent Cutch addition<br />
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Triple booklet, jumbo patch 1/1 with 2 Team Logo sleeve patches of Jung Ho Kang and Gerrit Cole along with the P from the Pirates 71 Throwback jerseys.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-56313703762348202402016-08-11T06:14:00.002-04:002016-08-11T06:14:26.780-04:00McCutchen Mailday #137-142: 3 more relics, 2 minis, and a color swap On the 12th day of April, the mailman gave to me...<br />
3 Jersey Relics<br />
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2 tiny minis<br />
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And a Color Swap from Her-i-tage<br />
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I'm still so far behind with updating the blog as you can clearly tell by this late post.<br />
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I never expected to be this far behind with updating the blog. Nearly 4 months of Cutch cards have to be updated still.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-43972994168586327202016-08-10T12:27:00.000-04:002016-08-10T12:27:11.195-04:00McCutchen Mailday #135 + 136: Case break resultsI joined a case break of 2016 Gypsy Queen and received a base card of Cutch along with a photo variant mini.<br />
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I also grabbed several other cards including several photo variant minis.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-12229630908420086352016-08-09T21:46:00.001-04:002016-08-09T21:46:54.322-04:00McCutchen Mailday #130-134: more rookies, relics, and photo variantsI joined a Gypsy Queen case break in hopes of hitting some Cutch parallels or maybe a big Clemente hit. Neither happened so I ended up using some extra eBay bucks on the cards you see below.<br />
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Up first is this 2005 Heritage red back mini.<br />
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Next up is the 2016 Gypsy Queen photo variant along with the Copper parallel of MLB Debut and a Spring Fever card from 2016.<br />
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The final card received is a Donruss Bat Kings relic from 2015.<br />
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As I type this on the 102nd day of the year (April 11th) I am on pace for hitting the 400 mark of adding new Cutch cards to the PC.<br />
As you can see I will be very far behind with my blogging as life gets in the way.<br />
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I am 4 months behind posting. While I have definitely slowed down with buying Cutch cards, I have still added over 225 new cards to the PC so far this year with some big ones recently added (8 new 1/1s and more on the way).Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-45038671154811136382016-08-08T17:17:00.000-04:002016-08-08T17:18:12.878-04:00McCutchen Mailday #129: It's MajesticIt's not everyday that a Majestic jumbo relic of Cutch pops up, but when one does, I try to not waste time.<br />
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Very excited to add this to my Cutch collection.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-89491881010593307892016-08-07T15:25:00.000-04:002016-08-07T15:25:11.585-04:00McCutchen Mailday #127 + 128: I struck gold!!!I've shown off a few Topps Tribute Forever Young relics recently.<br />
This gold /15 is my most recent<br />
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I also grabbed another parallel for 2016 Donruss<br />
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I have been wanting one of these Asia Exclusive Kanji cards.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-84639093620720319732016-08-05T11:22:00.002-04:002016-08-05T11:22:45.178-04:00Another Ryan Doumit 1/1 Frenzy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For whatever reason, Ryan Doumit was one of my favorite players during the late 2000s before leaving to join the Twins. He always seemed to hit clutch when the Pirates were playing meaningless baseball in June because the team was already on their way to another 90+ loss season.<br />
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This lot of cards was purchased for $30 and includes a rare 1/1 plate. Most plates of Doumit don't make it to the secondary market for whatever reason. This might be the 4th I've seen since I began collecting him in 2009.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09795879355880087015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-22635364639157458192016-08-04T18:45:00.000-04:002016-08-04T18:45:40.601-04:00McCutchen Mailday #116-119: A bunch of low number relics and parallelsI love nice looking color parallels from Topps Tribute. Seeing these two /35 and /25 for around $30 was just too nice to pass up.<br />
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I've been grabbing Heritage parallels so I snagged a blue back 51' Collection for a couple bucks.<br />
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I love minis and getting mini parallels of Cutch continues to be one of my big goals for this year.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-88863735359449993182016-08-03T16:10:00.000-04:002016-08-03T16:10:33.290-04:00McCutchen Mailday #115: Jersey King /10I jumped at the chance to add a /10 Cutch Jersey Relic for only $10<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-81431563911025115892016-08-02T21:41:00.000-04:002016-08-02T21:41:40.813-04:00McCutchen Mailday #114: Black is Back!Like I said last week, I have been buying up Cutch parallels from Heritage like crazy. The latest addition is this black chrome from 2014 Heritage. I had made arrangements to buy this from a Blowout forums member, but the deal fell through. Thanks to a bunch of eBay bucks, I grabbed it when the member listed it for less than the price we were trying to negotiate for.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-64769820517478844422016-07-31T17:20:00.000-04:002016-07-31T17:20:45.252-04:00McCutchen Mailday #113: Gold RushThe latest color parallel to be added to my PC is a 2014 Bowman Chrome gold parallel /50.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-53218971408427163562016-07-30T17:50:00.000-04:002016-07-30T17:50:59.632-04:00McCutchen Mailday #108-112: Heritage LotI couldn't believe that I won this lot for only $8 delivered a week after Heritage was released. It features both the base cards of Cutch and Pitt Power (which I showed off in a previous post).<br />
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In addition to that though I got the 67 disc, the retail stand-up, the purple chrome, chrome (77/567) and the Clubhouse Collection Jersey Relic.<br />
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<br />Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-264444777536163392016-07-29T11:39:00.000-04:002016-07-29T11:39:48.095-04:00McCutchen Mailday #107: Blue Titan!!!I like the title of this post. It sounds like a superhero. My Cutch PC makes me feel like I'm a superhero, or at the very least a crazed super collector.<br />
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The recent Cutch to join my PC is a 2014 Blue parallel from Tribute Titans. It features a nice black swatch and is numbered 18/50.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-25644225778511759312016-07-22T16:02:00.000-04:002016-07-22T16:02:44.057-04:00McCutchen Mailday #105 + 106: a pair of Heritage MinisI've been on a big Heritage parallel kick lately, trying to track down color swaps, Chromes, different backs, etc.<br />
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My latest batch of Cutch PC additions included red and green backs from the 51' Collection. Also included in the recent purchases was a Starling Marte red back.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-17272061974623144322016-07-20T20:54:00.000-04:002016-07-20T20:54:01.473-04:00McCutchen Mailday #104: Little CMy latest addition to the Cutch PC is another 1/1 letter from 2014 Topps Five Star. This marks the 3rd letter from that set I have purchased in the past year.<br />
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The Pirates have been doing some dance move rituals before every game this year. I bring that up because Lil C is a dance choreographer.Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067554332566683951.post-87699861626937302062016-07-19T22:26:00.000-04:002016-07-19T22:26:31.977-04:00McCutchen Mailday #103: This will pair nicely with my SuperfractorRemember when I got that <a href="http://piratestreasureroom.blogspot.com/2016/04/mccutchen-mailday-86-grail-superfractor.html?m=1">Superfractor Rookie Card of Cutch?</a><br />
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This will go nicely with it.<br />
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Since May 2nd, I have only posted 3 times. I'm hoping to get back on track and maybe in doing so Cutch can get back on track to his career levels.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09795879355880087015noreply@blogger.com1